POMETIA EXIMIA. (Nat. order Sapindacese.) 



1 OMETIA, Forst.— GEN. CHAR. Flowers rfgular polygaino-diascious, calyx small eupular 4-5 fid, teeth erect valvate, petals 4-5 without 

 scales, disk complete, stamens 4-8 centrical very long and exserted, anthers small, ovary deeply 2-3 lobed, 2-3 celled, style short or elongate, stigma small, 

 ovules solitary in the cells ascendiDg from the base of the axis, fruit of 1-2 globose or ovoid indehiscent cocci, seed nearly covered with an aril, embryo 

 conduplicate ; lofty trees glabrous or tomentose, leaves alternate pinnate, leaflets subsessile serrate, the lowest pair small and stipuliform, racemes 

 simple or paniculate slender elongate, flowers small. Forst. Prod, v. 74 (partly). Irina, Blume Bijdr. 230. Eccremanthus, Thw. in Hoole. K&a. 

 Joum. vii. 272 I. 9. 



See Manual under the Genus Nephelium. 



x OMETIA EXIMIA. (Thw.) A large tree 40-60 feet, young branches rufo-liirsute, leaves large abruptly pinnate sub- 

 sessile, leaflets 5-13 pair oblongo-lanceolate serrate subsessile, hirsute beneath, the lowest pair very small and stipule-like, oblique, 

 curved and often deciduous, panicles tomentose, branches elongate pendulous many flowered cylindrical, flowers minute 5-merous, 

 calyx-segments short subacute, petals small not clawed, transversely obloug not furnished with scales but with a transverse hairy line 

 near the apex on the inside, disk fleshy reddish, stamens 5 inserted on to the centre of the disk, in the male flowers very long and 

 exserted, short and only slightly exserted in the hermathrodite flowers, ovary 2 lobed hirsute, style linear, stigma minute 2 lobed, 

 fruit fleshy subglabrous, generally 1 lobed, seed oblong nearly covered with the aril, hiluni large oblique, testa red. Thw. En. PI. Zey, 

 p. 57, and in HooJc. Joum. of Bot. vii. p. 272. t. 9. 



This tree has only been found in Ceylon (elevation 1 000-2000 feet J ; it flowers in May and fruits in July. ^ 



1, 2. Male flower, front and back view (much magnified.) 



3. A petal showing the line of hairs near its apex on the inner face. 



4. Anther, back view. 



5. Anther, front view. 



6. Hermathrodite flower. 



7. The same petals and stamens removed to show the ovary. 



8. Ovary cut vertically. 

 9, 10, 11, 12. Fruit, seed, &c. (Figures 9 to 12 from a drawing by Dr. Thwaites). 



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